William Reynolds, of Bermuda

William Reynolds settled in Providence, RI. He and others paid two shillings six pence apiece for ground that had been granted to them. About August 20, 1637, he and twelve others signed a compact that reads: "We whose names are hereunder, desirous to inhabit in the town of Providence, do promise to subject our self in active and passive obedience to all such orders or agreements as shall be made for public good or the body in an orderly way, by the major consent of the present inhabitants, masters of families, incorporated together in Town fellowship, and others whom they admit unto them only in civil things."

He was one of thirty nine who signed an agreement for a form of government on July 27, 1640. On November 17, 1641, he with twelve others complained in a letter to Massachusetts of the "insolent and riotous carriage of Samuel Gorton and his company," and therefore the petitioners desired Massachusetts to "lend us a neighbor like helping hands," etc. On January 30, 1644, he was one of the Providence settlers who testified as to the outrage on Warwick settlers by Massachusetts.

On January 27, 1645, he sold to Robert Williams all his houses and home share and three small pieces of meadow, and on the same date he sold to William field a share of six acres on Fox's Hill. On April 27, 1646, he sold to Thomas Lawton his valley of eighty acres, and three acres of meadows.

After leaving England, William Reynolds settled in Bermuda.

Please check the Reynolds Family Association for current information.

https://www.reynoldsfamily.org/ - home page
https://www.reynoldsfamily.org/progen.php - Documented American Progenitors

This is an old list for the children of William Reynolds and Esther Roth, based on old data originally compiled by Tillman.

1. Robert Reynolds, born Bet. 1586 - 1688.
2. Thomas Reynolds, born Abt. 1590.
3. Stephen Reynolds, born Abt. 1601; married Sarah Bradford; born Abt. 1603.
4. Jonathan Reynolds, born Abt. 1605
5. William Reynolds, born Abt. 1613 in Kennebunk, Maine; married Alice Kitson August 30, 1638 in Plymouth, Mass; born Abt. 1615 in Unknown. Disproved. Ancestor line 13: https://www.reynoldsfamily.org/line13/index.php
6. Christopher Reynolds, born Abt. 1617 in Kennebunk, Maine. [??]
7. ? Reynolds, born Abt. 1621 in Maine.
8. ? Reynolds2, born Abt. 1621 in Kennebunk, York, Maine. [??]
9. James Reynolds, of Plymouth & Kingstown born May 13, 1625 in Weslerly. RI; [sic] died August 1700 in Kingstown, RI/E. Greenwich, RI; married Abt. 1647 in North Kingstown, RI to Deborah. Disproved. Ancestor line 14. https://www.reynoldsfamily.org/line14/index.php
10. John Reynolds, of Weymouth & Stonington John Reynolds, born May 13, 1625 in Westerly, RI; [sic] died 1691; [Sic] married Anne Reynolds; born Bet. 1628 - 1629 in St. Johns, Glastonury, Summerset, England “Mixup with.” Ancestor line 11. https://www.reynoldsfamily.org/line11/index.php
11. John Reynolds, of Rhode Island, born May 13, 1625 in Westerly, RI; [sic] died 1691. Married ??

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Biography

We are not positive this William Reynolds is the father of James
William was born in 1560. William Reynolds ... <ref>Entered by Heidi Clair, Apr 12, 2012</ref>

arrival in Maine about 1622, and 12 kids

Marriage

: Husband: Reynolds-637|William Reynolds : Wife: UNKNOWN-30270|Esther UNKNOWN : Marriage: :: Date: ABT 1605 :: Place: Wales, U.K.

William was born about 1560 in Maine.

Sources

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• Source: S-2066701704 Repository: #R-2066702049 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=20194044&pid... New England families, genealogical and memorial: a record of the ..., Volume 1 edited by William Richard Cutter
• Death location reported as Rhode Island USA in a merged profile.

Footnotes

He and his family settled in Bermuda and

He and his family settled in Bermuda and he may have died there as well. It is not believed that he ever came to America, only his children.

William Reynolds, was the immigrant ance

William Reynolds, was the immigrant ancestor, who settled in Providence, RI. In 1637 he and others were to pay two shillings six pence apiece for ground that they had granted to them, about August 20, 1637, he and twelve others signed a compact that reads like this:"We whose names are hereunder, desirous to inhabit in the town of Providence, do promise to subject ourselves in active and passive obedience to all such orders or agreements as shall be made for public good to the body in an orderly way, by the major consent of the present inhabitants, masters of families, incorporated together in Town fellowship, and others whom they admit unto them only in civil things."He was one of thirty nine who signed an agreement for a form of government on July 27, 1640. On November 17, 1641, he with twelve others complained in a letter to Massachusetts of the "insolent and riotous carriage of Samuel Gorton and his company," and therefore the petitioners desired Massachusetts to "lend us a neighbor like helping hands,"etc. On January 30, 1644, he was one of the Providence settlers who testified as to the outrage on Warwick settlers by Massachusetts. On January 27, 1645, he sold to Robert Williams all his houses and home share and three small pieces of meadow, and on the same date he sold to William field a share of six acres on Fox's Hill. On April 27, 1646, he sold to Thomas Lawton his valley of eighty acres, and three acres of meadows.

Birth and marriage Information from book

Birth and marriage Information from book - Christopher Reynolds and His Descendants.

!Reynolds Family 1530-1959, by S.F. Til

!Reynolds Family 1530-1959, by S.F. Tillman, p. 191 Settled in Burmuda & is believed he was never in New England but sons are of record in Conn, N.H., Maine, and R.I.

[Marilyn.FBK] My sources are from the w

[Marilyn.FBK] My sources are from the wft1 4443, 4440, 3285, wft2 0875, 4719, 3282, wft3 4950, Other sources are Family Group Records Archives, The Rennolds-Reynolds Family of England and Virginia 1530-1948, The Christopher Reynolds Family 1980.

Source: Book Written by L. Don Berchto

Source: Book Written by L. Don Berchtold, "History of Don Merlin Grover and Jennette Morris Grover, Ancestors and Descendants, FHL Call No. US and Can, Book Area 929.273, G919b1. Brief History Christopher Reynolds and family History of Christopher Reynolds View | Edit | Detach | Report Abuse | Tag 0 Notes Christopher Reynolds, b 1530, Kent, England d Brother Nathaniel Reynolds, Sister Dorothy m William Tilghman 11 August

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!Founders of Early American Families

Reynolds, William Plymouth 1637 Cape Porpus 1654 living 1673 Ferryman (Austin, Rhode Island)

!Genealogical Dictionary of New England

William Reynolds of Providence as early as May 1637

son of Robert of Watertown also moved to Newport

!IGI

various submissions show md 1608, 1610, etc in Wales (usually in Carmarthen)

Alternative death date

1625 Providence, Providence, RI, USA has been suggested with no proof

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2 SOUR S28928 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: May 9, 2002

SOURCES:

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SOURCES: 1. I.G.I., version 5.0;www.familysearch.org

[Marilyn.FBK] My sources are from the w

[Marilyn.FBK] My sources are from the wft1 4443, 4440, 3285, wft2 2431, 0875, 4719, 3282, wft3 4950, 4948, 1108, Other sources are Family Group Records Archives, The Rennolds-Reynolds Family of England and Virginia 1530-1948, The Christopher Reynolds Family 1980.

William REYNOLDS I was of Plymouth, Mas ===

William REYNOLDS I was of Plymouth, Massachusetts, as early as 1634 when he was sent to Maine with John Howland in the Hocking Affair. He received land in Duxbury 6 February 1637 and soon after, "...the government allowed him to build." He also owned cattle (Pope). He married Alys (Alice) KITSON of Duxbury on 3 August 1638. Plymouth Colony Records - Note 887). On 25 March 1641, his signature appears on a complaint to Gov. Winthrop of the Bay Colony, together with Roger Williams, William Carpenter and others, in the Garton Affair, and about that time, having sold his land in Plymouth Colony, he removed to Cape Porpoise (Arundel), now Kennebunk, Maine. He had a 200 acre grant of land there in 1654, bought Peter Turbal's house and 200 acres on the east side of the Kennebunk (sic) River in 1657, and was licensed to keep the ferry there, at least through 1673. He was made a freeman of Cape Porpoise 5 July 1653. On 12 April 1675, he and his wife Alice deeded all their property to their son John, conditioned on care for life, having first given money to his sons William and Job before signing the deed.

According to the book, "History of Durham, New Hampshire," by Everett S. Stackpole and Winthrop S. Meserve, volume 2, page 315, there is the following commentary on William REYNOLDS:

"William Reynolds was of Plymouth, Mass., as early as 1634. He received land in Duxbury, 6 Feb. 1637. He married, 3 Aug. 1638, Alice Kitson. He removed, about 1640, to Cape Porpoise, in what is now Kennebunk, Me. He took oath of allegiance to the government of Maine, 5 July 1653. Kept a ferry at Kennebunk. He with wife, Alice, deeded land to son, John, 12 April 1675, conditioned on care for life. He seems to have had a brother, John Reynolds, at the Isles of Shoals. William Reynolds, Jr., is mentioned in the Court Records of York County in 1672, also John Reynolds.

His family seems to have consisted of John, born 1651, who perhaps married Sarah Crawford and d.s.p. in Portsmouth before 1722, leaving 400 acres on the northwest side of Kennebunk River and other property in Kennebunk, that was divided amoung heirs; Samuel, unknown; Job; William; Jane, who married Thomas Wormwood of Wells; and Hope, who married, 23 Oct 1664, Thomas Sanders, in Saco, Me. [Cf. Pope's Pioneers of Maine and N.H.].

The above Job, son of William Reynolds, is little known. He seems to have lived at Falmouth, Me., for a time. His family were evidently driven out of Maine by Indians.

June 21, 1718, Job Renalds, John Renalds, James Langley and wife, Mary, all of Dover, sold to Thomas Perkins of Portsmouth, all their right, etc., in 200 acres in Arundel, the old name of Kennebunk. [York Deeds, X. 130.] July 15, 1720, Samuel Renolds of Bradford, Mass., sold to Thomas Perkins, formerly of Greenland now of Cape Porpoise, which formerly belonged to my honored grandfather, William Renalds, of Cape Porpoise. [York Deeds, X., 130]

July 30, 1720, John Renolds of Oyster River sold to Stephen Harding right to land which was my fathers and grandfathers in Cape Porpoise. [York Deeds, X., 57.] July 11, 1722, John Buss and Alice, his wife, Richard Blanchard and Sarah, his wife, all of Dover, sold to Stephen Harding of Arundel, alias Cape Porpoise, one sixth part of land formerly belonging to uncle, John Runalds, deceased. [York Deeds, XI, 31.]

May 17, 1721, John Rennels of Oyster River sold to Thomas Perkins all right to 200 acres formerly belonging to uncle, John Reynolds. In this deed he names his grandfather, William Reynolds, and his father, Job Reynolds, deceased. [York Deeds, XIV, 168.] Job Reynolds signed a petition from Falmouth before 1700. From the above citations and other sources he seems to have had the following children: Samuel of Bradford, b. abt. 1674; m. Abigail Middleton. John of Oyster River; m. 23 Dec 1718, Hannah Clark. Job of Oyster River; m. Hannah (Huckins Chesley. Alice m. John Buss, Jr. Mary m. James Langley. Sarah m. _______ Head, (2) 3 Sept. 1718, Richard Blanchard. [See History of Canterbury.] Martha m. William Wormwood. Hope, or Hopestill, m. Eli Demeritt."

Life Sketch

William ReynoldsMarch 21, 2011
by markeminer

William REYNOLDS (1560 – 1648)

William Reynolds - Coat of Arms (Note the foxes) William Reynolds was born in 1560 in London, England. His parents were Christopher REYNOLDS  and Clarissa HUNTINGTON (1533 – 1575). He married Esther RUTH on 2 Feb 1580 in Kent, England.  He came from England to Bermuda between 1600-1635.  He departed Bermuda for New England about 1625 and settled in Providence, Rhode Island. He suppposedly returned to Bermuda in 1646/47 and died there.  Many sources state he died in Bermuda in 1625. There was another William Reynolds who lived in Bermuda who married Mary Smith.  From Julie E. Mercer’s book: Bermuda Settlers of the 17th Century. REYNOLDS/REIGNOLDS – page 157 Port Royal Records – Baptisms: 1629, June; Mary dau. of William Reynolds. 1631, Feb: Elizabeth dau. William Reynolds. 1637, April: William son William & Mary Reynolds. 1639, Nov: Ursula dau. William & Mary Reynolds. ……: Ann dau. William & May Reynolds. 1678: Sarah dau. Ezra & Sarah (nee Darrel) Reynolds. Esther Ruth (Roth) was born in 1560 in England. Esther died in 1655 in Bermuda. Children of William and Esther:

Name Born Married Departed 1. Stephen Reynolds 1601 Sarah Bradford 1696 Connecticut 2. Jonathan Reynolds (Runnells) 1605

3. Catharine Eunice REYNOLDS 1609 Wales Edward STARBUCK c. 1630 Derbyshire, England. . Joseph Austin 4 Feb 1691 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire 4. William Reynolds 1613 Alice Kitson 30 Aug 1638 Plymouth, Plymouth, Colony 1675 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire 5. Christopher Reynolds (Runnells) 1617

6. James Reynolds 13 May 1625 Susannah Sheldon c. 1645 . Deborah Jordan (or Sweete) c. 1647 – 1650 Rhode Island Aug 1700 Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island 7. John REYNOLDS 13 May 1625 probably England Anne HOLBROOK Weymouth, Mass c. 1652 bef. 14 Jan 1691 in Stonington, CT.

William Reynolds, the immigrant ancestor, settled in Providence, Rhode Island. 20 Aug 1637 – He and certain others were to pay two shillings six pence apiece for ground that they had granted to them, and he and twelve others signed the following compact: “We whose names are hereunder, desirous to inhabit in the town of Providence, do promise to subject ourselves in active and passive obedience to all such orders or agreements as shall be made for public good of the body in an orderly way, by the major consent of the present inhabitants, masters of families, incorporated together in Town fellowship, and others whom they admit unto them only in civil things.” 27 Jul 1640 – He was one of thirty-nine who signed an agreement for a form of government. 17 Nov 1641 – He with twelve others complained in a letter to Massachusetts of the “insolent and riotous carriage of Samuel Gorton and his company,” and therefore the petitioners desired Massachusetts to “lend us a neighborlike helping hand,” etc. Samuel Gorton (1593–1677), was an early settler and civic leader of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and President of the towns of Providence and Warwick for one term. Having strong religious beliefs that were contrary to the established Puritan dogma and being very outspoken, he was frequently in trouble with the civil and church authorities in the New England colonies. 30 Jan 1644 – He was one of the Providence settlers who testified as to the outrage on Warwick settlers by Massachusetts. 27 Jan 1645 – He sold to Robert Williams all his houses and home share and three small pieces of meadow, and on the same date he sold to William Field a share of six acres on Fox’s Hill. 27 Apr 1646 – He sold to Thomas Lawton his valley of eighty acres, and three acres of meadow. Timeline for the Reynolds/Runnels Family 28 July 1687 – John Sanders, aged about 20, testifies that the land he has was granted his grandfather and given to his father and then to him and that his mother is now the wife of John Cleag of Pemaquid. (Documentary History of the State of Maine IV:366-7). 14 Oct 1687 – John Sanders, John Cleg, and William Ranalds all taxed at Pemaquid, Maine (NEHGR 32:312). 23 Dec 1718 – John Runnels marries Hannah Clark at Durham, NH (Marriages by the Rev. Hugh Adams, NEHGR 23 (1869):179) 15 Jul 1720 – Samuel Renalds of Bradford, Massachusetts, husbandman for forty pounds sells to Thomas Perkins “all my right and interest in all ye lands which did formerly belong to my honored grandfather William Renalds lying at Cape Porpoise” (York Deeds X:130) [note that he does mention his father by name in this deed or in his will] 30 July 1720: John Renolds of Oyster River sells to Stephen Harding all rights to 200 acres which was my fathers and grandfathers. (York Deeds X:57) 2 Sep1721 – Thomas Perkins and Stephen Harding agree to arbitration over the 200 acres of land that did belong to John Raynolds of the aforesaid place deceased. (York Deeds X:268) 21 Feb 1721/2 –  John Wheelwright, Abraham Preble, Joseph Hill, arbitrators decide that Thomas Perkins gets 14/15 of the land and Stephen Harding gets 1/15. (York Deeds X:269) 15 May 1721: John Reynolds of Oyster River sells to Thomas Perkins all his rights in 200 acres that “I have to the premises by my grandfather William Reynolds or my father Job Reynolds late of the aforesaid place” (York Deeds XIV:168) 28 March 1722: Thomas Perkins is bound and indebted to Stephen Harding for 200 pounds since a difference contest and dispute between the two relating to a certain tract of land formerly sold and conveyed by Peter Turbet unto William Runalds containing 200 acres and a difference and dispute relating to settlement and division of another tract of land containing 200 acres that was arbitrated on 21 February 1721/2. (York Deeds XI:31) 9 April 1722: The arbitrators reaffirms their decision dated 21 February 1721/2 that Thomas Perkins hall have 14/15 of the land and Stephen Harding 1/15 (York Deeds XI:52) 11 July 1722: John Buss and Alice Buss, my wife and Richard Blanchard and Sarah my wife, all of Dover, for ten pounds sell to Stephen Harding all rights to one sixth part of all the land and marsh that formerly belonged to our Uncle John Runalds deceased and since descended to us ye heirs of ye said John Runalds (York Deeds XI:31) 14 December 1725: Eli Demerit and my wife Hope Demerit and William Wormwood all of Dover, for 10 pounds sells to Stephen Harding all right and title to land and marsh formerly the right and inheritance of our Uncle John Renolds deceased. (York Deeds XI:249) 14 June 1726: Thomas Perkins quitclaims to Stephen Harding land purchased of Samuel Runalls it being 3 1/2 acres where the said Hardings now dwelling house now stands (York Deeds XII:110) 24 June 1726: Stephen Harding quitclaims to Thomas Perkins all land by purchase or deed from the heirs of William or John Runalls late deceased excepting about 60 or 70 acres (York Deeds XII:46) Children 1. Stephen Reynolds Stephen’s wife Sarah Bradford was born about 1603 in England.  The date of her death is not known. 3. Catharine Eunice REYNOLDS (see Edward STARBUCK‘s page) Reynolds Family Association -Edward Starbuck and his wife Katherine came to New England about 1635, and settled in Dover, NH. Although there is no documented evidence to date, Edward’s wife is traditionally known as Katherine Reynolds. As early as 1862, James Savage, in A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, wrote that Edward Starbuck “m. Eunice or Catherine Reynolds, said to be from Wales.” Early Settlers of Nantucket, compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman and published is 1901, states that Edward’s wife was “Katharine (Reynolds), of Wales.” A footnote states “Some authorities give Eunice.” George Edward McConnell and David Ross McConnell, in Our Family’s Starbuck Ancestry, published 1963, state “his wife, Katherine Reynolds, daughter of Robert, is thought to have been Welch.” This Reynolds connection was also acknowledged in the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, by Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libbey and Walter Goodwin Davis in 1939. They stated that “his wife Katherine is repeatedly called Katherine Reynolds, but no documented evidence of the ‘Reynolds’ has been seen.” Such long-standing tradition should not be taken lightly, despite the current lack of extant evidence, and until research proves otherwise, we will consider that Katherine and her descendants constitute a branch of the Reynolds family in America. It has been written in the above stated sources that Edward was from Derbyshire, England. The Starbuck genealogy adds that he was from Derbyshire or from Attenborough, Nottinghamshire. Noyes, Libbey and Davis state that Edward was of Draycut, Co. Derby and Attenboro, Co. Notts. There has apparently been no success to date with research in English records for the ancestry of either Edward or Katherine, though further study has been started by the RFA. 4. William Reynolds William first appeared at Kennebec, Maine with our ancestor John HOWLAND in 1634. (See John Howland’s page for the story of William’s  participation in the Hocking Affair.) If it’s too much work to click —  A group of traders from Piscataqua (present day Portsmouth, NH) led by a man named John Hocking, encroached on the trading ground granted to Plymouth by a patent, by sailing their bark up the river beyond their post. Howland warned Hocking to depart, but Hocking, brandishing a pistol and using foul language, refused. Howland ordered his men [including William Rennoles] to approach the bark in a canoe and cut its cables setting it adrift. The Plymouth men managed to cut one cable when Hocking put his pistol to the head of Moses Talbot, one of Howland’s men, and shot and

From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J

From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

Line 35965 from GEDCOM File not recogniz

Line 35965 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: BAPL DATE 22 APR 1961/1 APR 1967 Line 35967 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: ENDL DATE 26 MAY 19618 MAY 1967 Line 35969 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: SLGC DATE 26 OCT 1962/11 APR 1968 Line 35971 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: SLGC FAMC Line 35972 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: SOUR THE REYNOLDS FAMILY HISTORY FOLLOWS: REYNOLDS FAMILY

August 7, 2016

(More Reynold’s before 1400)

1.SIR WALTER REYNELL (1399-1475) JOANN WALROND (1410-1473)

SIR WALTER REYNELL was born about 1399, of Malston, Sherford, Devon, Englan THE REYNOLDS FAMILY HISTORY FOLLOWS: REYNOLDS FAMILY

August 7, 2016

(More Reynold’s before 1400)

1.SIR WALTER REYNELL (1399-1475) JOANN WALROND (1410-1473)

SIR WALTER REYNELL was born about 1399, of Malston, Sherford, Devon, Englan

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! Traditions has it that William and two

! Traditions has it that William and two brothers came from England William went to New England, John went to Bermuda, Christopher went to the Carolinas.

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GEDCOM Source

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Description: England to Maine 1622 U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

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On January 27, 1645, he sold to Robert Williams all his houses and home share and three small pieces of meadow, and on the same date he sold to William field a share of six acres on Fox's Hill. On April 27, 1646, he sold to Thomas Lawton his valley of eighty acres, and three acres of meadows. After leaving England, William Reynolds settled in Bermuda. William Reynolds died about 1647, of Bermuda, Atlantic Islands, age 87.

Links

• http://minerdescent.com/2011/03/21/william-reynolds/ has errors
• https://reynoldspatova.org/getperson.php?personID=I2433&tree=reynolds1 has errors
• The Rennolds-Reynolds Family of England and Virginia, 1530-1948, by Stephen Frederick Tillman see link for places fo find the book, which has errors and should be used with many grains of salt.
• https://www.reynoldsfamily.org/ - home page
• https://www.reynoldsfamily.org/progen.php - Documented American Progenitors